The Return of Dads Army

[philrose]

Dads Army to return as a new movie, the cast looks very promising...

https://uk.yahoo.com/movies/whos-who-in-the-dads-army-movie-99481753021.html

[patrice]

Oh dear...  !!! I stay with my 90 year old dad two nights a week and yes I have to suffer watching repeats of dads army  : ... I think its time for  a TV in my bedroom while staying there 

[KKOB]

What a shame that they have to bring a woman into it.  

[Colwyn]

There were always women in it. Surely you haven't forgotten Mrs Pike? Or the looming, fearsome - even if invisible - presence of Mrs Mainwaring?

[KKOB]

Yes, but not in starring roles.

[philrose]

And Wendy Richard appeared in a few episodes...

[KKOB]

In know, I know, I know.

There was also a cat, a dog, and a horse, but they didn't have starring roles either.

 

All I have to do is dangle the bait, and I'm guaranteed to get a bite or two.

     

[Scunner]

It's an impressive cast but not close to the original TV series which must be the most perfect cast in sitcom history! I hope it will be good (as a huge fan of Dad's Army) but I fear it won't (as a realist looking at most remakes).

Nice to see Bill Paterson in it as Fraser - I have never seen him in Law and Order or much else that I can recall - to me he'll always be Fraser, but a different Fraser - Ally Fraser - and always will be